Folding umbrella



P. S. SIMMONS AND w. J. FRICK.

FOLDING UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION HLED FEB; 21, 1920.

Patented Nov. 15, 1921.

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V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER SIMMONSAND WILLIAM J. ERICK, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

FOLDING UMBRELLA.

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Be it known that we, PETER SIMMONS and WiLLIAM J.j FRIoK, fcltizens ofthe United States, residing at Paterson, in the county ofPassaic andState of New Jersey, have invented. certain. new and usefulImprovementsin Folding Umbrellas, of which the following is aspecification.

, y This inventionrelates to folding umbrellas, and particularly tofolding umbrellas of the class in which the ribs are composed ofpivotally connected sections. Instead off arrangin the. outer section ofeach rib to move pivota lyin the sameradial plane as the innersection,which results at the joint in formin a step, projection or otherbreech of continuity in the outer or fabric-supporting surface of therib that reveals itself through the fabric when the umbrella is raisedand causes the fabric to wear away at that point, we arrange the outersectionto move pivotally in another radial plane, that j is, in a planebeside that of the inner section.

Preferably the pivot for the outer section is arranged somewhat short ofthe free end of the inner section, and the latter has a lateral stop orrest against which the outer section bears when the ribs are extended.

' In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved folding umbrella frame,raised Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a fragment-of one of the foldingribs including the joint portion; 9

Fig. 3 is a plan of what is shown in Fig. 2; Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 aresectional views on lines 4.4, 5-5, 6-6 and 7-7 of Fig. 3;

i and and lower catches therefor; and e the stretchers.

Each inner rib section f, pivoted to the crown o and formed preferablyof channeled material such as is commonly used for umbrella ribs,hassecured to its free end a saddle-piece gthe blank for forming whichis illustrated inFig. 8 as having on one side projections g, g and g andon the other side complementary projections g, g and h,

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 15, 1921.

Application filed February 21, 1920. Serial I No. 360,296.

the projection it being somewhat longer than its complement 9 theintermediate projections arepreferably rounded and they have holes 2'.The saddle-piece is attached to the end of the section 7 by bending iton a line between thetwo sets of projections so as to fit over thesection and then bending the projections g g onone side and g on theother up into the channelof said section, the projections thus servingto clench the saddle-piece in place. The two intermediate projectionsare left in a pendent relation, while the projection h is bent laterallyand back to form a hook-shaped rest or seat. The holes 2' receive a pinj which site side or edge thereof so as to fit over the section 7 andthen bending the projections 70 and the said opposite edge portion 7.2up into the channel of section f so that they serve to clench thesaddle-piece in place. The intermediate projection 70 is bent laterallyand back to form a channeled portion whose channel opens oppositely tothe channel of the section f. A pin Z penetratesthe saddlepiece andcontained portion of section 7",

eing parallel to the pin j.

The outer rib section we is also preferably formed of channeled materialthe same as the innerrib section f, and it has its inner end flattened,as at n, and fairly snugly received in the channel of saddle-piece is,being pivoted on the pin Z. When the rib is extended, the outer sectionon thereof obtains support on the seat or rest h, which engagesup in thechannel of said section and thus prevents any lateral play, see Fig. 7.

j The opening and closing of the umbrella occur the same as in anyordinary umbrella. But by releasing the upper catch cl the run ner d maybe run up to the crown 0, so that the stretchers are grouped around theupper portion of the staff a; (dotted lines, Fig. 1) and the ribs may becollapsed or closed, in

which position their outer sections may now be folded outwardly and backon their upper or inner sections f.

By arranging the outer section so that it is plvotally movable in aplane beside that of the inner section of each rib We produce a' jointbetween the sections that avoids unduly prominent steps, projections orthe like on the fabric-supporting surface of. the rib and also thepinching of the fabric by the rib when the latter is folded.

The coacting means to limit the movement of the outer rib sections pastthe position Where they Will be alined with the inner rib sections forman interlock (as indicated in Fig. 7, by portion 71. engaging inthe-channel of rib section m), that preserves the sections parallel inplan when the ribs are extended.

Having thus fully described our invention, We claim: v o

1. A folding umbrella rib including an inner member and an outer memberpivoted on the inner member and pivotally movable in a plane beside thatof the inner member, one member having at a point removed from the pivotbetween said members a lateral hook and the other at a pointcorrespondingly removed from said pivot a channel adapted to receivesaid hook and coact with the hook to limit the pivotal movement of theouter member.

2. A folding umbrella rib including an outer and an inner section, theouter section being pivotally movable in a plane beside the innersection and one section being channeled, a sheet-metal piece bent aroundthe convex side, and having opposite edge portions thereof bent into thechannel, of the channeled section and also having a lateral othersection.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

PETER S. SIMMONS. WILLIAM J. FRIOK.

